diff --git a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0438.md b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0438.md
index cb141a5d24aed..13723bc30090e 100644
--- a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0438.md
+++ b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0438.md
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-Trait implementations can only implement associated constants that are
-members of the trait in question. This error indicates that you
-attempted to implement an associated constant whose name does not
-match the name of any associated constant in the trait.
+An associated constant whose name does not match any of the associated constants
+in the trait was used when implementing the trait.
 
 Erroneous code example:
 
@@ -13,6 +11,9 @@ impl Foo for i32 {
 }
 ```
 
+Trait implementations can only implement associated constants that are
+members of the trait in question.
+
 The solution to this problem is to remove the extraneous associated constant:
 
 ```